Tom Lehrer videos!
A whole collection of rare footage of Tom Lehrer on YouTube, apparently with his permission. Thanks, BDan! As I noted...
Archive for Music
New-to-me music: David Mallett
I installed the Pandora app on my iPhone a month or so ago, and have been listening to it occasionally....
R.I.P., Alexander Courage (+ Trek theme lyrics)
Alexander Courage died last month. For those who don't know, he was a composer and arranger for TV and movies,...
New Kallet/Epstein/Cicone album! (and concert to come)
Back in 2003, I posted about attending a lovely Kallet/Epstein/Cicone concert, filled with their magnificent harmonies. Among other things, that...
Music coincidence
I'm listening to music while entering stories into the SH database. Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer's "Farewell to Bitterroot Valley"...
Album-only songs
There are certain albums on the iTunes Store that contain one or two particular songs that everyone wants, plus a...
Song chorus progression
One of the things I like about some country songs is the way the choruses work. For example, there seems...
Folk music and leaky eyes
My reactions to John McCutcheon's annual Santa Cruz concerts have been mixed; sometimes I've loved them, sometimes they haven't done...
John McCutcheon in CA next week
Folksinger John McCutcheon will be performing several shows in the Greater Bay Area next week; people with folk-music-inclined kids in...
Melancholy travelers
James Keelaghan's Somewhere Ahead just came up on the iTunes rotation. Simple, brief, and lovely. First verse: Somewhere ahead, when...
Talisman concert update
Made it to the Talisman concert this afternoon. Was a short concert (only an hour), but good. Lovely voices, lovely...
Talisman concert today (Sunday)
As I mentioned in passing a couple months ago, I first encountered Talisman A Cappella [link updated in 2015] when...